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+// Copyright 2012-2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main() {
+    1 = 2; //~ ERROR illegal left-hand side expression
+    1 += 2; //~ ERROR illegal left-hand side expression
+    (1, 2) = (3, 4); //~ ERROR illegal left-hand side expression
+
+    let (a, b) = (1, 2);
+    (a, b) = (3, 4); //~ ERROR illegal left-hand side expression
+
+    None = Some(3); //~ ERROR illegal left-hand side expression
+}